DJ Hairy Larry Presents Grant Garland Singing What's Going On
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2026-02-01

Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear the title track of one of the best albums of all time recorded at KASU Bluesday Tuesday.

I recorded Grant Garland live at KASU Bluesday Tuesday on September 14, 2009. He brought an amazing band, they delivered the goods, and I was fortunate to get some of the best recordings I have ever made at a KASU event.

Playing with Grant was Rob Alley, trumpet; Derek Doyle, bass; and Ben White, drums. They played two sets, both of them immaculate, and they brought an eclectic mix of originals and covers from a wide variety of genres.

Now "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye is an amazing recording of a chart topping song. There's so much going on all the time that you can get lost in the nuance. Even the sound of people partying in the background is musical.

For a quartet to deliver on a song as complex as this takes deep musical chops. After all Marvin Gaye had a studio full of professionals working with him and spending as much time as it took to get the song just right.

Grant Garland's quartet played it live, start to finish, their own version, of course, and somehow they nailed it, bringing a different take on a song everybody already knows.

There's no music like live music and it don't get no better than this.

Here's Grant Garland singing "What's Going On".

DJ Hairy Larry Presents Grant Garland Singing What's Going On
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2026-02-01
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Grant Garland Live At KASU Bluesday Tuesday September 14, 2009
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And that's Grant Garland singing "What's Going On" at KASU Bluesday Tuesday on September 14, 2009. Don't miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 to hear more Grant Garland from this same concert, as well as Mike Stern, and Larry Coryell.

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DJ Hairy Larry With Grant Garland Playing Little Wing
Something Blue - Penultimate - 29 second spot

This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Mike Stern, Larry Coryell, and Grant Garland. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at https://sbblues.com.

Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM Central, at https://kasu.org.

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Something Blue - Penultimate - February 7, 2026

Larry Coryell - Barefoot Man Sanpaku
https://larrycoryell.bandcamp.com/track/sanpaku
https://www.larrycoryell.net

Mike Stern - Upside Downside
https://mikestern.org/

Grant Garland Live at KASU Bluesday Tuesday September 14, 2009- 
http://grantgarlandmusic.com/
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Mike Stern - Upside Downside

Welcome to Something Blue. I'm Hairy Larry and I've got the blues, for you.

Larry Coryell - Blue Your Mind

Now that's what I'm talking about. From "Barefoot Man Sanpaku" that's Larry Coryell playing "Blue Your Mind". Kicking us off tonight we heard Mike Stern play the title track of his album, "Upside Downside".

Something Blue is broadcast on KASU, 91.9 FM and streaming on the internet at kasu.org.

I'm Hairy Larry, host of Something Blue. Visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com to listen anytime and for links to the featured musicians websites.

Ok now, coming up next here's Grant Garland recorded for Something Blue at KASU Bluesday Tuesday in Newport. He'll play an original, "Charlie Doesn't Play Here Anymore" and a Jimi Hendrix song, "Little Wing".

Grant Garland - Charlie Doesn't Play Here Anymore
Grant Garland - Little Wing
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Mike Stern - Goodbye Again
Mike Stern - Scuffle
Grant Garland - The Way You Make Me Feel

All right now, that's Grant Garland singing "The Way You Make Me Feel". Before that we heard Mike Stern play "Goodbye Again" and "Scuffle".

Something Blue is broadcast on KASU, 91.9 FM and streaming on the internet at kasu.org.

I'm Hairy Larry, host of Something Blue. For more contemporary jazz visit my website jazzcomposers.net.

Closing the show we'll hear Larry Coryell play "Penultimate" and "Sanpaku". Until next time this is Hairy Larry reminding you once again, blues is the mainstream.

Larry Coryell - Penultimate
Larry Coryell - Sanpaku

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